"So Alain is one of your rivals when you journeyed in Kalos?" asked Brock.
At the moment, Ash, Max, Brock, Dawn, Serena and Lucy were in Cabin 211 after breakfast and were discussing the upcoming battle between Alain and Brock.
"Yes, he is a very tough opponent. He somewhat reminds me of how strong Paul was when I journeyed in Sinnoh. The only differences is that Alain was always friendly to me while Paul was initially quite hostile. And while I have beaten Paul before, I have never beaten Alain in any of our battles," said Ash.
"Really? That's very surprising," replied Dawn.
"Yeah, Alain has won all battles when battling Ash," said Serena.
"How many times have you two battled before?" asked Max.
"Three times. Alain won the first and last battles. The second battle never came to any result since Greninja and I collapsed during the battle against Alain and his Charizard," replied Ash.
"Collapsed?" asked Lucy.
"Remember the power that Ash and Greninja had demonstrated in the transformation during his battle against Flint and Volkner?" asked Serena.
"Yes, what about it?" asked Brock.
"During my second battle with Alain, we haven't fully mastered it, causing us to run out of energy and collapse," answered Ash.
"Sounds dreadful," said Dawn.
"Yeah, it definitely wasn't pretty," said Ash.
"But you now mastered the power now, that's what matters the most," said Serena.
"That's right. Hopefully I get to battle Alain later in the tournament," said Ash, who then turned to Brock. "Good luck with your battle against Alain. As I said earlier, he is a very tough opponent like Paul, so keep your guard up at all times," said the raven-haired trainer.
"Of course. I'd love to see how strong he is, especially when you speak so highly of him," said Brock. "And also, I have a surprise to show to all of you," he added.
"What is it?" asked Ash.
"You will see in my battle against Alain," replied Brock.
In the battlefield:
"This will be an official full battle between Alain and Brock. Substitutions can be made and the battle will be over when all of either side's Pokemon are unable to battle. Can both trainers please take out their first Pokemon?" requested the referee.
"Unfezant, let's go," said Alain as the Proud Pokemon appeared on the battlefield.
"Crobat. You're up," said Brock as the Bat Pokemon appeared on the battlefield.
"An aerial battle? This is going to be interesting to watch," said Harrison.
"Battle begin," said the referee.
"Unfezant, use Aerial Ace," ordered Alain as the Proud Pokemon began diving towards Crobat.
"Dodge it and use Supersonic," said Brock as Crobat swiftly evaded the attack and fired several circular sound waves towards Unfezant, immediately confusing it.
"Unfezant, use Steel Wing," said Alain, but the Proud Pokemon ended up hurting itself in confusion.
"Now hit it with Cross Poison," ordered Brock and Crobat flapped its wings, creating a purple X-Shape poison towards Unfezant, scoring a direct hit and dealing damage.
"Would have been worse if Unfezant got poisoned from that Cross Poison attack," said Max.
"Unfezant, don't give up. Use Steel Wing," ordered Alain as the Proud Pokemon's wings glowed silvery-white and charged towards Crobat.
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Risen from Betrayal
FanfictionAsh Ketchum, with Pikachu and the rest of his Kalos team (except for Goodra & Greninja), return home to Pallet Town, where his former travelling companions and rivals are already waiting for him. Some tell him to give up on his dream on becoming the...
